Social Science : Human Geography

Empowerment of North American Indian Girls is an examination of coming-of-age-ceremonies for American Indian girls past and present, featuring an in-depth look at Native ideas about human development and puberty. Many North American Indian cultures regard the transition from childhood to adulthood as a pivotal and potentially vulnerable phase of life and have accordingly devised coming-of-age rituals to affirm traditional values and community support for its members. Such rituals are a positive and enabling social force in many modern Native communities whose younger generations are wrestling with substance abuse, mental health problems, suicide, and school dropout. more...

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A timely synthesis of the status and development needs of environmental modeling and software for advancing sustainability more...

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The Ethnography of Communication presents the terms and concepts which are essential for discussing how and why language is used and how its use varies in different cultures.:.; Presents the essential terms and concepts introduced and developed by Dell Hymes and others and surveys the most important findings and applications of their work.; Draws on insights from social anthropology and psycholinguistics in investigating the patterning of communicative behavior in specific cultural settings.; Includes two completely new chapters on contrasts in patterns of communication and on politeness, power, and politics.; Incorporates a broad range of examples and illustrations from many languages and cultures for analyzing patterns of communicative phenomena. more...

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Written primarily from a British planning perspective, the book illustrates how various EU policies, programs, and legal instruments have affected the practice of planning in Britain and the work of central government and local planning authorities. This practice relates, for example, to opportunities for planning agencies to develop particular developmental projects, to participate in EU financial programs, to frame economic development strategies within the context of the Structural Funds, and to take account of EC directives within development control work. The core material is based on research gathered from six case study local authorities in Britain and extensive interviews with central and local government officials. more...

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Eastern Europe has been recognized as a region that has experienced major socio-political and economic changes in the last decades. The impact of these transitions on families and their functioning has also been significant. Although understanding of families in different cultures in the last years has been considerably increased, little has been written on Eastern European families. more...

Price: $107.00